-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Seemant Kulleen wrote: > If you can really show some way that GPL3 provides a compelling case > to move to it, then we can start talking about that. >
I wasn't aware that gentoo practiced copyright assignment. You might want to make the disclaimers clear - if somebody submits a patch on bugzilla and doesn't expressly assign copyright they would legally retain it unless it were a clear condition of using the site. Also, it would help avoid people submitting patches that aren't GPL-2-only-compatible from other projects. But then again, I'm not a lawyer... :) I guess one reason to move would be that it is the goal of the FSF for this to become the "default" GPL. So, if there was a compelling case for adopting the GPL at all (one presumes there was since we're GPL currently), then there is a case for migrating to GPL v3 by that virtue alone. Does that mean that we HAVE to? Certainly not. I'd ask the question why we're GPL at all? If the reason is because we generally agree with the principles of free software and copyleft, then the GPL v3 is only an improvement over the GPL. If we don't really like copyleft as an organization then it would make more sense to just adopt BSD, rather than stick with a copyleft license that just has a few loopholes in it. In terms of pros/cons with GPLv2 you'd have compatibility with GPL3 and GPL2+ licenses, as well as the the Affero GPL. There is of course the closing of the tivoization loophole, and that can be considered a pro or a con depending on your personal beliefs. However, if you really are pro-tivoization, then why use the GPL at all? Oh, there exists another option - we could also relicense as GPL2 or 3 - that gets rid of the "what if it changes to something bad" issue while allowing others to adopt the code under either license. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGkSnKG4/rWKZmVWkRApvIAJ98Oj9+pNvRnHXYVeNAElNQ8dUeYwCfeQNN s0QRFW/n1ZNhZm1RabgNaQk= =w0HP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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